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A JUNCTION OF THE FIXED AND SLIDING DUTY THE BEST MODE OF REGULATING THE A DMISSI O N O F F O REI G N CORN . inareeboron $ i : Wilson . A very modes ) * n £ unpretending pamphlet npon Corn Law tactics , in which the writer contends for the same principle which has to a certain extent been adopted by Sir Robert Peel , as the basis of the new Ministerial scheme . THE HEALTHIAN . No . III . VoL 1 . London Strange , Paternoster Row ; Pavey , Holywellstreet . Strand .
An exceedingly useful penny periodical , devoted to ihe consideration of hnman physiology , diet , and xegimen , with a view to the privation of health and the prolongation of life . We have read this number with considerable p leasure . Its articles display much of cool and rational dtscujaion , and are well calculated to give a scien tific knowledge of many things necessary to be known , without troubling or annoying the uninitiated with technicalities .
THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER ILLUSTRATED , ISA SERIES OF HISTORICAL ESSAYS . Dedicated , by permissipn , to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Dumfries : Halliday . No . I . This b the first number of a well-projected work , sad so far the execution is not bad . Its glances at preceding epochs of democratic history are brief , but renerallv well put , and the accompanying reflecview of British
tions just . A sort of bird ' s eye history is given in this number , in which the chief points are , as might have been expected , the Norman Conquest , and consequent abrogation of all democratic power ; Magna Charta , the Commonwealth , the Restoration , and the Revolution of 1688 . Future numbers are to continue the investigation , and to include a comprehensive history of the present Chartist movement . The work altogether is one which should be in every Chartist ' s library .
A PLAN FOR THE PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT OF THE LABOURING CLASSES WITHOUT INCREASING THE BURDENS OF TAXATION . London : Harvey and Darton , Gracechurch-street . A well-meant little essay on colonisation principles . The author recommends the formation of county boards of directors , on a large scale , for obtaining , by grant or purchase , large tracte of
colonial lands for the immediate employment and sustenance of all parties who might choose to emigrate ; and that " the sober and industrious , after a short period of service , should be entitled to an allotment cf land , stocked with everything requisite to enable the tenant to obtain a comfortable livelihood , and for which a moderate rental should be charged , and the price fixed , and suitable time allowed him to purchase the fee simple . "
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CIiATTTON . —AppoiimrErr . —The Honourable the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes have appointed Mr . James Jagger , of Clayton , near Bradford , Inspector of the hawker ' s licences . Glfc&SGOW . —Patett Ibos Maso . v . —A machine , under this name ( for which a patent has just been taken outs ) is about to be erected in one of Mr . Nelson ' s quarries , at Woodside , Glasgow . The stones go into the macbkie rough as they come out of the quarrymen ' s pick , and come out polished ashlar on the surface , and cut paralleled and square on the side 3 , fully prepared for the builder , and this
at an expence of not more than a fourth of work done by the hand . The "present machine is calculated to do the work of two hundred and fifty men , reckoning only six hours' work out of every ten . The machine has been constructed by Messrs . P . W . M'Onie and Co ., engineers , Scotland-street , Tradeston ; the design and arrangements being the work of Mr . P . M'Oaie , of that firm . We _ understand that the machine , with the experimenting and patents , has cost j £ 1 , 000 , although new machines of the same siz 9 can now be made for one third of that sum , and smaller one 3 proportionately cheaper . — Practical Mechanic .
BlAHCHESTEIt . —Si ess of the hues . —On Monday evening there was a large concourse assembled at the New Cross , bearing banners , accompanied by an effigy representing Sir Robert Peel , which they publicly burnt amid the shouts of the thousands of spectators ; and while doing this they were not interrupted by the authorities . Indeed there needed none , because after they had committed Peel to the flames they retired peaceably . STOCKPOKT . —There are thousands out of employment here : wretchedness , poverty , privation , and want , with their concomitant evils , nave bean . awfully on the increase , creating bad feeling , crime , and discontentment . But what Is still more inconsistent and vexatious—more maddening and exciting
—is the conduct of the master manufacturers . These nnfeeling wretches , who , under the sanctified mask of charity for the starving poor , have subscribed a little towards doling out bread , & . c , sufficient to keep body and soul together , —these gentlemen have had a meeting at which they agreed to have a general reduction , and ar «> now carrying thai designs into execution , taking as much as seven shillings from the dressers , and the other hands in the different departments of work in the same ratio , ihronghoot the mills . By this reduction they will take more money out of circulation , injure the home market , depreciate the value of cottage property , rain the shopkeepers and publicans , raise the rates , increase crime , and drive more out of the country .
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A TaiFusG Task , os How to Obiak a Holit > xt . —The little party had scarcely commenced their labours , when Mr . Parley entered the room with a smiling countenance , and carrying a chess-board finder his arm . " I have prevailed on your mamma , " he observed , " to excuse yonr customary studies this morning , on one condition only f and a joyous £ xpression of triumphant inquiry , which seemed to say , "Name it , and it is complied with , " lit up the faces of the children as he contained : " that condition is the performance of an iBteresting little exercise , in which you can assist each other ; and , you know , many hands make light work . You all see that on this chess-board there are thirty-two white squares , and an equal number of black ; now , when you have
placed one grain of wheat on the first white square , two on the second , four on the third , and so on , doubling the number of grains on each succeeding white square until the whole thirty-two be disced of—when that merry task is completed , you may devote the time left on your hands to any kind of amusement you prefer . "— " Oh , thank you , thank you papa ! " exclaimed the little girls , as Mr . Parley retired . "That will be easily done , " said Heary robbing hh hands in great glee . rt Aye , " added J&ne , ** we shall soon finish this morning ^ task . "" I wish we had such a one every day , " said Emily . Ill ran and get some wheat , " said Henry . "Do , " resumed Jane ; you'll get plenty of old Winterton ; he stores it up for the fowls . Emily
and I will place the grains npon the sqnares , a 3 Edward counts them out . '— " Aye , get the wheat , Hssry , and that shall be your portion of the task . Aw&yran Henry ; the little giris in the meantime Were busily engaged in arranging how they should spend the time they calculated upon having at their own disposal that morning , but Edward remained silent , apparently engaged in calculations of another description : and when Henry returned with his cap fnlij Jane and Emily laughed heartily at &e superfluous quantity . The little fellow remarked , that he thought it was as well to have enough . u I am much mistaken , " said Edward , "if ion have not to go for two-or three more caplulsyet . This increased the merriment of the sisters , who m - —V 4 M « hVU kUW 1 ' * FT ** - ~ ' * ~ V — w ^ -w - j
^ gin , however , to place the grains upon the several ^ wes , and Henry ran off for another freight . On pis retain wrh another brimming capful , they burst Hto renewed laughter , when Mr . and Mrs . Parley entered the room to inquire the cause of this noisy enjoyment . Emily replied , that Edward had been Playing of a practical joke on Henry , by sending ™ & for ten times more wheat than they wanted . Why , " continued the little girl , " it would take us - |» day to count that heap of grain !"—'' Yes , " said ¦ toward , smiling , and regarding his paren ts significa 'ly , bnt I doubt whether three or four days w Jmld fu £ m to do what papa requires . " Jane ^ nd Henry stared with incredulous amaza-Bl 8 nt at their parents as looking for their
, confirma tion or rejection of this seemingly ex" ^ agant estimate , but Mr . Parley merely observed , * hat ia all undertakings it was advisable to confer well the difficulties of accomplishment . "I frost , " he added , " that this little incident , when you * fe acquainted with its simple details , will teach Job to thini—will show you what insan e projects ** e sometimes preferred , from the want of reflection , ¦ o those which are recommended by tie prudent ex-** cise of deliberate adoption . But even after what T « have experienced in proof of itsimpracticability , Joawill , I think , still be astonished to learn , that « 6 task you undertook with such pleased alacrity ,
» pnid demand more wheat than the wiwle united kingdom could produce in any single harvest , the ^ iw of which , of course , you could not count in a tomdred years ; and , had I included the black *? nares of the board , making the number only sixty-^ Wj the whole world , since the creation , has not Seduced wheat enough to comply with the eondi-Wtt 3 ! " This declaration excited most bewildering arprise ; and Mr . Parley added , " A clearly defined mire should aetnate us in all we say and all we 110 5 otherwise , we involve ourselves in confusion ; * ad motives cannot be said to be defined unless they £ regulated by due preparation for theobtacles thai ** ia the way . —ParJaTj fenny Library .
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New Life . — " Hundreds who have kept their beds for years have been so speedily re-invigorated with an infusion of new blood , and consequently of new life and Btrength , by the use of Parr's Life Pills , that their re-appearance amongst their fellow beings , who had long given them up as incurable , is looked vpon as the greatest of the many great wonders of this miraculous age . Their unsolicited testimony , witnessed by gentlemen of high reputation , may b « obtained of any agent for this highly-prized medicine ' ' America . — The packet-ship Columbus , Captain Cele , arrived at Liverpool on Friday forenoon . By her we have papers to the 15 th nit . The examination before the Recorder of Philadelphia in the case of Nicholas Biddle and others , charged with a
conspiracy to defraud the shareholders of the Bank of the United States , closed on the night of the 17 th ult . A cashier and atelier of the Bank were the only witnesses examined : they produced books , papere , & . e . At the conclusion of the examination , the Recorder stated it as his firm belief , that there was sufficient cause produced in the investigation and testimony before him to warrant him in binding the defendants over , and he accordingly bound over Nicholas Biddle , Samuel Jaudon , Joseph Cowperthwaite , Thomas Dunlay , and John Andrews , eaeb in the sum of 10 , 000 dollars , in two sureties , to appear at the Court of General Sessions , to answer the charges brought against them by Austin Montgomery , that ifi . for a conspiracy to rob and cheat
the stockholders of the United States Bank . Cincinnati had been the scene of an alarming riot . In that city , it appears , there are several of what are called " shin-plaster" institutions , or rather individual responsibility banks , which , like all the banks in the-TJnited State 3 , issued paper largely . By arectnt decision of the Ohio Court , the notes of these and all other unauthorized banks were declared illegal and uucollectable by law . As the arnoant of paper which these banks had put into circulation was large , * the Miama Exporting Company made an assignment of its effects on the evening of the 10 th nit ., and the Bank ef Cincinnati closed its doors on the morning of the 11 th . The mob , exasperated at the stoppage of these banks , attacked , first , the Bank of Cincinnati ; then , the Miami Exporting Company ; next , the Exchange Bank , owned by a Mr . Bates , and ended with the exchange-office of Mr . Lougee . The rioters were
principally Dutchmen , who had suffered most by losses from the operation of these irresponsible banks . They forced open the vaults , stole some specie and bank-notes , as well as notes for companies which had been redeemed , and destroyed everj thing they could get hold of , throwing the remains into the streets , and leaving little more than bare walls . The police were quite unable to quell the riot or to save the property of the banks . A few military were hastily collected ; they fired among the rioters , who returned the fire , and several were wounded on both sides . The disturbance only ended with the day . Whilst it lasted , some of the responsible banks had runs made upon them , which were promptly met . The runs were not renewed on the 12 th nit . Sir Charles Bagot arrived at Kingston on the 10 : h Ult . The United States ship Peacock , one of the vessels of the exploring expedition , was lost off the mouth of the Columbia river on the 18 th of July . Her officers and crew were saved .
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MANCHESTER . —A public meeting was held at the Hall of Science , Campfield , on Wednesday evening , at which resolutions were submitted on the case of Charles Southwell , now confined in Bristol Gaol , for the imaginary crime of blasphemy ; Mr . M'Dannoa was called to the chair . Mr . Watts moved , in an excellent address , the first resolution , 11 That in the opinion of thiB meeting true morality and the general interest and happiness of the nation would be promoted by the freest possible expression of opinion upon all subjects , and that justice is sacrificed , whenever fines and imprisonments are imposed for . speaking or publishing any opinions whatever . " Seconded by Mr . Tillman , and carried without a dissentient . Mr . Cooper moved : he seconded resolution , "That inasmuch as the printing press is the best possible means of instruction , it is
the opinion of this meeting , that any government making an attempt to curtail its influence , either by prosecution , or by the imposition of taxes on . knowledge , neglects it" own best interests , and its duty to the people . " Seconded by Griffin , and carried nem . con . The third resolution was moved by Mr . Campbell , of Stockport , * That this meetiDg pledges itself to support to the utmost Charles Southwell , the martyr , to the imaginary crime of blasphemy , and every other individual who may suffer for the vindication of the rights of opinion . " Seconded by a person in the Hall , and carried unanimously . The following gentlemen were appointed as a committee to receive subscriptions towards supporting Charles Southwell : —Messrs . Cooper , Lowe , and Heywood . The meeting continued till nearly eleven o ' clock . A vote of thanks was tendered to the Chairman by acclamation before dispersing .
Public Meeting . —On Tuesday morning , ia compliance with a requisition to the Mayor . A public meeting of the inhabitants was convened in the Town Hall , which was crowded to almost suffocation , and in consequence of the noise , confusion , and repeated cries of adjourn , the Mayor who occupied the chair was compelled to adjourn to Stephen-« m ' s- square , where upwards of four thousand persons assembled , when they were addressed by a number of the middle-class and working men , every one acknowledging Universal Suffrage was a right which ought to be given to the people—and many of them finding the word had become fashionable , professed they had been in favour of that measure tor a Jong time . Many of them asserted that they could bring document- " to prove that they had not so suddenly become converts to the principle . They
passed a number of resolutions , one which called npon the members to take all constitutional means of stopping the -supplies . Another was in favour of the suffrage " as explained in the Charter , but instead of making H the main thing to be achieved , they made it a secondary object taking repeal of theCorn Laws first . Every speaker congratulated the meeting on the reconciliation of the Chartists and Repealers , but in this re " spect they are very much mistaken . Although the Chartists are pleased to see them come out for the Suffrage and the Ballot , they will never join in any agitation that does not go tor the whole Charter . Mr . John Bailey , Chartist lecturer , moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his impartial conduct . The speaking continued for near four hours , and was ultimately adjourned till next Monday evening at seven o ' clock .
Thb Chabtists axd the League . —The Chartist town council appointed Messrs . Raitlon , Grocott , and Murry to wait upon the requisitionists on Monday evening , to ascertain what steps the League were abont to tike the following day at the public meeting . As Boon as it was known by the gentlemen assembled that they had entered , ana there was a large number , they simultaneously rose and greeted the deputation with loud cheers . The Chartists informed them that however much they might feel pleased that they were coming out for Universal Suffrage and the Ballot , they would not make any compromise , and argued that if they wished their support they must come out for the five points . In order that there should be no opposition at the meeting on Tuesday , it was mutually agreed that a large meeting should be held on Tnurbday , for the purpose of properly discussing the subject fairly and impartially .
Reefers-street . —A highly respectable meeting of the Chartists belonging to this district was held on Sunday , evening last to hear Mr . Brophy , of Dnblin . Ihe room was crowded to exoesB , Mr . Murray was called to the chair ; shortly after seven o clock Mr . Brophy entered the room , and was received by every mark of approbation . Mr . Brophy made a strong appeal to his countrymen , and created a strong impression that nothing short of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter can ever ameliorate the condition of the people of Ireland , whose present stale he described as miserable , and which often , in the course of his addreBs called forth the sympathy of the meeting . Mr . JJoyle addressed the meeting for a short time , and thanked them for the warm manner in which they had received his countrym&n , Mr . Brophy . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer , and cheers fur old Ireland and the Chartists , when the meeting
Eeperated . Lecture . —^ -On Sunday evening , Mr . William Beesiey being in this town on business connected with the cause , the Brown-street Chartists invited him in lecture in their room . Mr . James Cartledge was called to the chair . Mr . B . delivered an excellent lecture , in which Peel , Russell , the aristocracy , the middle class , and the parsons came in for a severe and well-merited castigation . Mr . Griffin moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer coupled with the following resolution , which was unammonslj adopted , - ' Resolved , that this meeting having seen a bill purporting to have emanated from par ties "who call themselves merchants , tradesmen , and working men , inhabitants of Manchester ( but who have not had the honesty to attach their names ) demanding the franchise for every one of twenty-on © years oJ
age , untainted by crime , together with the privilege of secret voting , and such other matters of detail as may be necessary to the honest and practical working of the principle ? , condemn the same as servile , vague , shuffling , delusive , and unsatisfactory to the Chartists , and nnworthy of their Bupport , and co-operation ; and this meeting further conceives that it has been done for the express purpose of strengthening their own agitation for a repeal of the Corn LawB , and not from any desire to obtain liberty for the industrious millions . We , therefore take this the earliest opportunity of aga ^ n d-clanng , that we shall not be led astray by any c ^ p-trap , but , on the contrary , pledge ourselves to s t / ck to the Leaner , and agitate for nothing less . The time i , gone by when even either the one party or the other might expect us to make the least oomproB ^ se afi ° g , i ° ^ consideration what our leaders ha ^ e suffered from the faction * . Were we to flinch from " *** integrity ,
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the ghost of a Shell , a Clayton—the spirits and sufferings of Frost , Williams , and Jones would continually haunt our wicked and cowardly consciences ; the five hundred patriots who have nobly fought the battle , who have suffered persecution , prosecution , imprisonment , and proscription , and have sprung from their dungeons , entered the field again , and proved themselves as firm and determined as before , would conclude that we did not deserve oar liberty nor men to struggle for ub . We will , therefore , before we join the Whigs or the Corn Law repealers , ma ^ e them swallow the whole hog , snout , bristles and & ]} . " The meeting carried it with loud cheers , gave a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and dispersed highly delighted . York-street- —Mr . Tillman lectured here ou Friday .
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NOMIN A TI O N S T O THE GENERAL COUNCIL . SCARBOROUGH . Mr . Win . Robinson , Anboro ' -street . Mr . George Dove , Dumple-street . Mr . Thomas Harrison , ditto . Mr . Richard Kneeshaw , Long West Gate . Mr . John Davison , ditto . Me . William Flinton , jan . 45 , Merchant ' s-row , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Thompson , 1 , Potter Lane , sub-Secretary .
NEWSOME . Mr . John Troughton , weaver . Mr . Nathan Taylor , cordwain ? r . Mr . Joseph Crossley , weaver . Mr . Jonathan Crossley , grocer , &c , sub-Trea Burer . Mr . Thomas Shaw , weaver , sub Secretary .
HEBDENBRIDGE . Mr . John Midgley , weaver Bridge-lanes . Mr . Charles Loveridge , shoemaker , Bridge-lanes . Mr . Richard Wheelwright , undercarder , Mytholmroyd . Mr . John Hartley , piecener , Newbridge . Mr . John Stott , silk stretcher , Bridge-lanes . Mr . Ellis Hitchen , weaver , King-street . Mr . John Greenwood , weaver , Heptonttall . Mr . Jonas Pickles , weaver , ditto . Mr . Henry Bourn , tailor , Hebdenbridge . Mr . Abraham Marshall , shoemaker , Heb den bridge , sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Helliwell , weaver , Heptonstall , sub Secretary . All communications to be addressed to Mr Helliwell , care of Mr . Abraham Marshall , Hebden bridge .
WEST » UBY . Mr . Jacob Applegatf , weaver , Bereswelh Mr . David Robbins , carpenter , Alfred-street . Mr . James Maslin , weaver , Chalford . Mr . Henry Wingrove , shoemaker , Chalford . Mr . James Vincent , handle-setter , Church-street . Mr . Joshua Daniels , shoemaker , Alford-strcet . Mr . James Morris , shopkeeper , Warminster-road Mr . John Champion , weaver , ditto . Mr . John Bigwood , shoemaker , Brook-street . Mr . William Tucker , Mount Pleasant , sub-Trea
surer . Mr . Charles Flay , Mount Pleasant , sub-Secre tary .
SHEFFIELD . Mr . John Drinkwater , pen-blade-grinder , Upperhoyle-street . Mr . James M ' Ketterick , brnshmaker , Pinstonstreet . Mr . Josep Marsh , stonemason , Milton-street . Mr . David Walker , labourer , Johnson-street . Mr . Joseph Harrison , turner , Nursery street . Mr . Richard Otley , tobacconist , Sheffield-moor . Mr . William Wells , clerk , Duke-street-moor . Mr . William Frost , news-agent , Bridge-street . Mr . Henry William Needham , cutler , Broombailstreet . ¦ Mr . James Dypon , mechanic , Little-pond-street . Mr . Charles Willden , steel-burner , 55 , Thomasstreet , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Robert King , engraver , 21 , Canning-street , and Mr . William Gill , steel-burner , Scale-tree-lane , sub-Secretaries .
ARKOLD . William Andrews , frameworknitter . William Sharman , ditto . William Rawson , ditto . James Anthon , ditto . John Shepherd , dittos Daniel Cliffe , ditto , sub-Treasurer . William Emmerson , hair dresser , sub-Secretary . DALTOS . Mr . William Liversidge . Mr . B * njamin Dawson . Mr . John Bottom . Mr . Ephraim Ka / e . Mr . John Kaye , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Benjamin Jamieson , t > ub-Secretary , No . 203 , Kirkheaton ,
BATH . Mr . C . Clarke , Bank Cottage . Mr . R . K . Philp , l . Chandos-bnildinga . Mr . Moxley , 3 , Galloway-buildings . Mr . J . Smith , Benchen Cliff-place . Mr . C . Franklin , Mark-hill . Mr . S . Morris , Halloway . Mr . A . Phillips , Corn-street . Mr . J . Haswell , Coru-street . Mr . W . Cook , St . Jame& ' s-parade . Mr . Joseph Twite . Philip-street , sub-Treasurer Mr . J . Chappbll , Philip-street , Bub-Secretary .
WALVOKTH . Mr . William Hallady , boot and shoemaker , No . 3 , Pilgrim-place , Walwor th-common . Mr . CharleB Keen , decorator , 37 , Weymouthatreet , New Kent-road . Mr . John Mason , boot and shoemaker , No , 1 , George-street , Camberwell . Mr . James Brown , boot and Bhoe maker , No . 9 , Prior-place , East-lane . Walworth , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Pedley , jun ., plumber , painter and glazier , No . 5 , Southampton-street , Camberwell , sub-Secretary .
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TOWNS PROPOSED FOR THE NEW CORN LAW RETURNS .
The following Is the liat of towns , from which it Is proposed that the returns of the quantities and prices of various descriptions of com sold Bnall be made to the comptroller of Corn returns , in order to determine the general average prices , whereby the ratea of dntyjshall bo governed : — Nota . —The towns marked ( + ) are those from which returns have not hitherto been obtained . Cheshire . —Chester , Nantwich , Middlewich , Fonham Ends , f Congleton , Knutsford , + . Maccleafleld , fStockport * Lancaster , —Liverpool , UlTbrston , Lancaster , Preston , Wigan , Warrington , Manchester , Bolton , + Ashton-under-Lyne , •{¦ Blackburn , + Bury , j-Oldham , ¦ fOrmakirk , fRochdale . Derby . — Derby , fBakewell , + Chesterfleld . N . jTxi . ngham . —Nottingham , Newark , t ^ fi ^ a " » + Retford , fWorksop .
Leicester , —Leicester , Louehborongh , fHinckley , fLutterworth . filarket H * rbro ' , fMelton Mowbray . Northampton . — Northampton , ^ Peterborough , - {• Da- ? entrj . + Ound ! e . War-svickshirf . —Coventry , Birmineham , fColeshill , Dunchurch . j-Stratrord-on-Avon , + W arwick . Worcester . —Worcester , fBrouisgrove , fDroitvrich , f Dudley , ^ Kidderminster , + Stourbridge , + Stourport Gloucester—Gloucester , Cirencester , Tettury , Stow-on-the-Would , Te-wkesbury , ¦^ Cheltenham , - | -Dur 8 ley , North Leach , ¦{¦ Stroud . Somersetshire . —Bristol , Taanton , Wells , Bridgewater , Froiue , Chard , + Batb , fYeovil . Monmouthshire . —Monmouth , Abergaveniiy , Chepatow , Pontjpoo ] , -f-Newpojt Devonshire . Exeter , Barnstaple , Plymouth , Totnes , Taviateck , Kingshridge , fA shburten , fAxminscer , + 3 outhmolton , ¦ J-Oakhampton , -f Civerton .
Cornwall . —Truro , Bodmin , Launceston , Redruth , Helston , SU Austell , fFalmouth , fPeDZance . Dorsetshire . —Blandford , Bridport , Dorchester , Sherborne , Shaftesbury , Wareham , + Toole , + W eymouth . Hampshire . —Winchester , Andover , BasingBtoke . Fareham , Ha-yant , Newport , Ringwood , Southampton , Portsmouth , f-Christ « hurch . Rutland . — ¦ J-Oakham , -J-Uppingham . Hereford . — " { "Hertford , "f-Leominster , -j-Rose . Shropshire— " { -Shrewsbury , ¦{• Bridgenorth , " { -Elmsmere , -f-Ludlow , - { -Newport , ¦{• Oswestry , f Welling ton , •{• Wenlock . ¦{• Whitchurch . WILTSHIRE —fBradford , fSwindon , fChippenham , •{• Devizes , " { -Salisbury , - { --Marlborongh , fTroubridge , Warminster .
Staffordshire .- —fStaffjrd , « fBnrton-on-Trent , •{• Licbfleld , ¦{¦ Newcastle-under-Lyme , "f-Stowe , fTaniworth , -f-Utt # xtter , fWalsall , -t-WoIvernampton , Middlesex , —London , Uxbridge , Hsrifordshire . —^ Hertford , Roytton , fBiahop Stanford , tSt . Aiban ' B , fWare , fTring , t Watford . Surrey . —Guildford , tCroydon , fKingston , fRy * - gate . Essex , —Chelmsford , Colchester , Romford , t Chipping Ongar , fEpping , fMaldon , f Saffron Walden . Kekt . —Maidstone , Canterbury , Bartford , f Bromley , j Chatham or Rochester , { Dover , fQravesend , fRoinney , fSevenoaks , fTunbridge ( town ) . Sussex . -Chichester , Lewes , Rye , fBrighton , •{• Horsham , f-Petworth . Bedford . —Bedford , fBiggleawade , -J-Dunstable . BERKSHIRE —Windsor , Reading , fAblngdon , frFarringdon , -tO&aidenhead , + Newbury , f Wallingford .
Bucks . —Aylesbury , f-Beaconsfleld , " { -Buckingham , f High Wyeombe , + Stoney Stratford . OXF 9 RDSH 1 RE- —Oxford , + Banbury , fBurford , ¦{¦ H enley . -f-Witnty . Huntingdon . —Hnnting-Ion , St . Neofs . CAMDRiDGE :- * Cambridge , £ lr , Wiabeacb , fNewmarket . Suffolk . —Ipswich , WoodbridgB , Sndbnry , Hadleign , Slow Market , Beccles , Bungry , Lowestoft , Bury St . Edmonds .
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Norfolk . —Norwieh , Yarmouth , Lynn , Thetford , Watton , Disa , East Dereham , Harleston , Holt , Aylsham , Fafcenham , North Walsham , f Swaffham . LINCOLN , —Lincoln , Gainabro ' , Glamford Bridge , Louth , Boston . Sleaford ; Stamford , Spalding , f Bartonon-Humber , + New , BoHngbroke , + Bourne , + arantham , f Grimaby , + Horncastle / ^ Market Deepingi fSpiJsby . - - .. .. - , :. ¦ ¦ ¦" ¦ ¦; ; / : : : ¦ . ' . ; ' ¦¦¦¦ . ¦¦••• : ¦ ¦ .., ¦ , . York . —York , Leeds , Wakefield , Bridltogton , Beverley , Howden , Sheffield , Hull , Whitby ; New Malton , + Baxnsley , fBedale , fBradford , + Doncaster , fGuisborough , " { -Halifax * " { rHtiddersfield , fKeiRhley , fKnaresboraugh , f Notthallertpn , fPicfcerlng , fPpntefract , fRicfemond , tR'POD , fSelby , fSkipton , fThirafc ; Wetherby ,+ Yarm . Durham . —Durham , ! Stockton , Darlington , Sunderland , Barnard Castle .
NoRTHUMBERLAND - ^ Walsingham , Belford , Hexflam , Newcaatle-upon-Tyne , Morpeth , Alnwick , Berwick , fWooller . euMBERLAND . -Carlisle , Wfaitehaven , Cockeimonth , Pennth ; Egremont , fWigton . Wesimorkland . —Appleby , Kendal , KEtriby Lonsdale . V Wales . —Carmarthen , Carnarvon / Haverfbrdwest , Cardiff , Denbigh , Wrexham , fBrecoDv fMold , f Baiigor , fCowbridge , tNawbridge , fNewtown , fNew Radnor . ¦ -, ¦ '
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CUSTOMS DUTIES , ( WEST INDIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES ) Zesoluiions proposed by Mr . Gladstone , in ihe Committee on Customs Duties ( Wedlndiati and North American Colonies ) . . ' ;¦ . I . That from and after a day or days to be named , the duties chargeable npon goods , wares , or merchandise imported or brought into any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius under or by virtue of the following acts respectively ( nainoly ) : —
Act 4 Geo . 3 , cap . 15— -Imposing certain duties on wines imported into the British possessions in America ; -. " .., " ' , . ¦/;¦/ ¦ ¦' . . - ¦ . ¦¦ . . ¦ : . - . ' ' '¦ ' : ¦ .. : ¦ ¦ ¦ „ ¦ . ' .. ' Act 6 Geo . 3 , cap . 62— -Imposing certain duties on molasses , syrups , and pimento , imported into the British possessions in America ; Act 14 Geo . 3 , cap . 88—Imposing certain duties on spirits imported into Canada ; Act 3 and 4 Will 4 , cap . 59—For regulating the trade of the British possessions abroad ; shall cease and be repealed .
2 . That m lieu of the aforesaid duties there shall be payable upon gooJsi wares , and merchandise , not being the growth , production , or manufacture , of the United Kingdom , or of any of the British possessions in America , or of any of the British possessions within the limits ef the East India Company ' s Charter ; Imported or brought into any of the Baitish possessions in America or the Mauritius , by sea or inland carriage or navigation , the following duties , that is to > b&j : ¦ — ¦ ¦ ' ¦' ¦ ¦" . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '¦ . s . d . Wheat the quarter .. ; ......... 3 0 Wheat flour ... ................. the barrel of 196 lbs . 2 0 FiBh , dried or salted ......... the cwt ........ ; ...... 2 0 Fish , pickled ........ the barrel ............ 4 0 Salted meat ..... ........... the cwt . ..........:.... 3 0
Butter ,. i .... 8 Cheese .. 5 0 Coffee 6 9 Molasses ... 3 8 Sugar , unrefined ................. 5 0 ~ refined , in bond ia the ) , . . , United Kingdom / 10 P « cent , ad valorem Other foreign refined sugar 20 „ ^ Tea , unless imported . direct from China , or uniess imported from the United Kingdom , or from any of the British possessions per pound ..... 1 0 Rum , Gd . per gallon . Other spirits , Is . per gallon .
Wine , whether bottled or not , cotton manufoctures , silk do ., linen do ., woollen do ., leather do ,, glass do . j paper do ., hardware , clocks and watches , manufactured tobacco , soap , corks , cordage , oafcum , pitch , tar , and turpentine , seven per cent ad valoreTn . ' ' Oil , blubber , fins , and skins , the produce of creatures living in the sea , fifteen per cent , ad valorem . Aud if any of thegoods hereinbefore y met . tioned , except tefined BUgtvt , and tea , shall be imported through Such goods shall tbe United Kingdom ( having only be charged been warehoused therein , and ^ with one moiety of being expo > ted from the ware- the duties hereinhouse ) , or the duties thereon , before imposed , if there paid , having been drawn back / ... ; ..
And . if in any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius , any dnty be chargeable by any Colonial law upon any articles similar to tbe above , but being the growth , produce , or manufacture of the United Kingdom , or of the British possessions in America , or within the limits of the East India Gompany's Chaiter , beyond the dnty ( if anyj chargeabfe by such Colonial law upon similar foreign articles—the hereinbeforementioned improved duty upon such foreign articles shall be increased by suoh excess or amount ( aa the case may be ) of the duties so chargeable by such colonial law upon similar British articles . ¦¦' ... ' •••< ¦' ¦ ¦¦'" ¦
2 . And if in any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius any duty be chargeable by any Colonial law upon tea imported direct from China , or imported from theUiaitedKingdom , orany of the British possessions beyond the duty ' lif any ) chargeable by such Colonial law upon tea not so imported—tbe hereinbefore-mentioned imperial duty upon tea not so imported shall be infiTeased by mch excess or amount ( as the case may be ) of the duties so chargeable by such colonial law upon tea imported direct from China , or imported from " the United Kingdom , or from any of the British possessions . .--. ¦¦ . :
3 . That from and after a day to be named so much ef the said act for regulating the trade of the British possessions abroad , as provides thnt any sort of craft / food , and victuals , except spirits , and any sort of clothing and implements or materials fit and necessary for'the British fisheries in America , imported into the place at , or from -whence sucn fishery is carried on , shall be duty free , be repealed , except bo far as regards the following articles : —( that is to say ) Salt meat , flour , butter , cheese , molasses , corkwood , cordage , oakum , pitch , tar , and turpentine , leather ana leather-ware , and all sorts of fishing craft and bait , fishermen ' s clothing and hosiery ; which articles are only to be exempted from duty undersuch rules and regulations as shall be satisfactory to the principal officer of customs , that the articles are really and truly intended to be applied to the purposes for which the same have been entered .. : ¦'¦ : '' . ' : ¦ ''' : : : > ' - ' ¦ ¦ ' '; -: v ! - ¦ . ¦ '¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦¦"¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ -
4 . That from and after a day to be named , goods , the produce of the Islands of Guernsey , Jersey , Alderney or Sark , when imported from such islands Into the British possessions in America or the Mauritius , shall be admitted to entry upon payment of the same duties as are payable upon the like goods , the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom , or of any of the said possessions . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' , ¦ ¦ ' . : ¦ ¦ r ¦ ¦¦' - . ' . : ¦¦ ¦"¦' . ;¦ ¦"¦ ¦ /• :. ¦ ¦ : . . ' : ¦ .: '¦ -: ' / 5 . That the Chairman be inttructed for leave to bring in a bill to consolidate and ; amend the laws relating to the trade of the British possessions abroad .
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SHORT PATENT SERMON . ( From the New York Merniry . ) At the request of the editor of the Railway Herald , ! will preach on this occasion from the following text : —
If ye are honest , honourabie men , Go ye and- ^ pay the Printer . My Hearers , —There are many seeming trifles in this world which you ate apt to overlook , on account of their unimportance , the neglect of which has plunged thousands into the deepest mire of misery , and sunk their character into inextricable ' degradation .. Among these ostensible trifles that of neglecting to pay our honest debts is the most common , and attended with the worst consequences . It takes off the silken far from the fine threads ef feeling , creates a misanthropic coldness about the heart , skims off all the cream that may chance to rise upon the milk of generosity , and '
makes man look as savagely » n bis brother man as does a dog upon one of his species , while engaged in the gratifying employment of eating his master ' s dinner . One debt begets another . I have always observed , that he who owes a man a dollar is sure to owe him a grudge , and he i 3 always more ready to pay compound intertit on the latter than on tha former . Oh , my fiiends , to be over head and ears in love is as bad a predicament as a person ought to be in ; but to be so deeply in debt that you can't sleep at nights without being haunted by the ghosts of some insatiate creditor , is enough to give a man the hydrophobia , make him bite a wheelbarrow , cause it to run mad , and create a general consternation among the lamp-posts .
My dear friends , the debt that sits heaviest on the conscience of a mortal—provided he has one—is the jiebt due to the printsrs . It presses harder upon one ' s bosom than the night mare , galls the soul , frets and chafes every ennobling sentiment , squeezes all the juice of fraternal sympathy from the heart , and leaves it drier than the surface of a roasted potato . A man who wrongs a printer eut of a single cent can " never expect to enjoy conifort in this world , and may ^ "well have doubts of finding happiness in the other . He will be sure to go down to the grave ere thne hall bedeck his brow with the silvery blossoms of age , and the green leaves of hope will fall before the fresh bud of enjoyment has expanded . It is true that the
mushrooms of peace may spring up . during a short night of forgetfulness , but they will all wither under the scorching rays of remorse , i ¦¦ . How can you , my friends , ever have the wiokedness and cruelly to cheat the printer when you consider how much he has done , and is , every day , doing for yon ? He has poured into the treasuries of your minds some of : the most valuable gifts that anything short of a God can bestow —aye , riches which you would not part with , for the possession of tbe whole world and a mortgage on a gtnaH room of heaven . With the keys of magic , as it were , he has opened the iron-cased doors of the human understanding—dispelled the darkness of ignorance , and lit up the lamps ef knowledge and wisdom . That mighty engine , the press , is surroanded by a halo
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of giory , and its effulgence extends all over the broad empire of the mind , illuminated the darkest avenues of the heart ; and yet the printer , the man who toils at the lever of the sonl-enlightening instrument , is often robbed of his hard-earned bread by those whom he has delivered from mental bondage and placed in a paradise , to lay off and grow : fat upon the fruits of his labours ! . •¦ . ¦;/ -: ; : v .-- " . ' . '' , - •¦ v _ : :: Oh , you ungrateful sinners i if you have hearts moistened with the dews of mercy , inat ^ ad of g ' zzirda fil ed with grivel , take heed what I say unto you . If there be one among you in the congregation whose accounts are hot settled with the printer , go and adjust them immediately , and be able to hold up your heads in society like » giraffe ; be respected by the wise and the
good , free from the tortures of a guilty conscience , the mortification of repeated duns , and escape from falling into the clutches of these licensed thieves , the lawyers . If you are ; honest and honourable men , you will go forthwith and pay the printer . You will not wait for the morrow , because there ia no to-morrow ; it is bat a visionary receptacle for unredeemed promises ; an addled egg in the great nest of the future ; the debtor ' s hope aiid the creditor ' s curse . If you are dishonest , low-minded sons of Satan , I do not suppose you will ever pay the printer as long as you have no reputation to lose , no ckaracter to sustain , and na morals to cultivate . But let me tell you , my friends , that if you don't do itj your paths t » the tomb will be strewn with thorns ^ you will have to gather your daily food from brambles , your children will die of dysentery , and you yourselves will never enjoy the blessings of health . ' I
once called on a . sick person whom the doctors had given up as a gone case . I asked him if he had made his peace with his Maker . He said he thpnght he had squared all up . I inqui / ed If he had forgiven all his enemies . He replied yeB . I thenasked him if he had made his peace with bis printer . He hesitated for a moment , and then said , he believed he owed him something like about two dollars and riffcy cents , which he desired to have paid before he bid good-bye to the world . His desire was immediately gratified , and from that moment he became convalescent . He is now living in the enjoyment of health and prosperity , at peace with his own Conscience , his God , and the world . Let this be an example for you , my friends . Patronise the printer , tako'the papers , pay them in advance , arid your days will belong upon the earth , andoverflowing with the honey of happmess .
Myhearers , pay all your debts , and keep an honourable reckoning with your fellow-men ; but ,. above all , keep paying , by daily instalmentSj that everlasting debt of gratitude which you owe to Him from whom yeu have obtained the capital sufficient to begin the first transactions of life , so that when you como to balance accounts at the day of general settlement , all things may appear fair and above board . "So may it be . "
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SOUTBWAKS . TRIUMPH OF THE CHARTISTS . A public meeting of the electors and inhabitants of the Borough . of Southwark , was held on Monday at the Town Hall , in the Borough , for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Pailiaraent / against Sir Robert Peel ' s new Corn Law scheme , and of addressing her Majesty on the subject . The ; meeting was called by the High Bailiff , in compliance with a requisition moat numerously and repectably signed , which was presented to him immediately after the details of the Ministerial measure became known ., / : ¦ . ¦ - \ - . • •'¦ ¦¦ : . . ; ' ¦ - ¦ The High Bailiff , took the chair at one o ' clock .
The Chairman said , that having received a requisition , signed by upwards of 200 inhabitants of the Borough , he had felt it his duty to comply with the request ; and he trusted the meeting would give every one a fair hearing , and their resolutions could not fail to produce a great effect in the proper quarter , -v Mvi Weston rose to move the first resolution . He had declined to attend the last meeting on the subject , because Sir Robert Peel had stated that it was his intention to take the subject of the Corn Laws into his most serious consideration , and to endeavour to devise some measure which should be satisfactory to &U classes , under these cirenmstances , he had thought it but fair to Sir Robert Peel , to abstain from inteifering . Most of those who heard him were aware that he was more
in tae habit of acting with the party now In powtsr than with the othei party ; but he regarded the present as a mofitserioua , as a most Bacted cause—^( cheeis . ) When they saw the constitution of the present House of Commons , they could not but he aware that they Were banded together to support the present system , and that even if the Ministers Wished to introduce any great alterations , it would not be in their power to do so ; therefore , he had not anticipated any great relief from the Ministerial measure , ' but he had thonght it his duty to wait to hear WMt they had to say —( cheera . ) That house bad been ^ elected by a combination of the landowners , with the owners of mortgages , and he was sorry to say with the clergy — ( cries of ; " Shame , shame , " )^—who , from old
associations , from their desire to keep up their tithes , haa acted in a manner unbecoming ministers of the Christian religion . . ( Hear , hear . ) ( Mr . Alderman Humphrey , M . P ., here entered the Hall , and was received with a lead burst of hisses , mingled with a few cheera Order having been partially restored , through the intervention of Mr . Maynard , Mr . Weston proceeded . ! Every circumstance showed the existence of a combination among tde landowners on this subject . ( Mr . B Wood , M . P . I' here entered the Hall , and was received with loud cheers . ) He was aware last Bummer that there was a prospeotof but an indifferent crop of wheat , but the Agricultural Associations had taken immense pains to circulate reporta throughout the conntry that there was every prospect ot an abundant harvest .
Thfifr had oircuiuted these reDnrfcs v f «> tto ijuitiuoe or preventing corn from being admitted from abroad , and they had done so at a time when they must have known the crop to have been anything but abundant , ( Cheers . ) Did not all these facts go to prove the existence of a confederation of the landowners ? ( Loud cheers . ) Was it not most inconsistent on the part of the clergy to get up in their pulpits , and offer prayers for fine weather , and next day give all their energies to support a law which prohibited their countrymen from benefiting by the bounty ot Almighty God ? The drop during the last season had turned : out even worse than the moat gloomy anticipators . had expected . If it had not been for the distress that had prevailed ; and still continued to prevail , and also for the consequence of that distress ,
the small demand , the price of corn would have , risen enormously high ; The fact was , the poor had been starved , and the price continued moderate . But for that circumstanoe com would have been 15 s . or 20 s . per quwter dearer than at present . Sir R . Peel in introducing his measure , had admitted the great distress that pervaded the whole country . He also had admitted that distress was borne with the greatest patience by the people ; but yet , had he bronght in a measure which would alleviate the prevailing distress ? No such thing . He brought in a measure which weuld merely secure something to the revenue and for the benefit of the landed proprietor maintain corn at almost its usually high price . Sir It Peel had no tight to take credit on bis measure . He had been by no
means happy in the comparison which ha had thought proper to institute between the Prussian people and the inhabitants of this country . ( Cheers . ) Amongst the former there were bat two classes , the mobility and their serfs . In England there were four or five different classes , and among many of whioh he would even call the subordinate classes , he would instance servants , more meat was eaten than by the nobles of Prussia —( hear , hear . )—It was ridiculous . ' It Was a mocltery —( cheers )^—to sebk to deceive the people thus , by arguments of which everybody must see the fallacy . Mr . Weston was then about to read an article oil the subject from Bell ' s Life in London , when ho ^ was interrupted by loud cries of "Adjourn , adjourn to the Leather-market . " '¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ : - . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦' ¦ '¦ - ¦ . : : ¦¦ ¦• ¦ •'¦ ¦ ¦ ; :.::-. ; ¦ -.- ' .- . . ' .
Mr . Hearne , amidst the greatest uproar and confusion , intimated to the meeting that it was probable that another meeting would be held on the subject this evening , hut that it they adjourned the pressnt one now , the petitions to the House of Commons would not be in time to bo presented this evening . ( Cries of VAdjoarri , " and much confusion , in the midst of which Mr . Maynard endeavoured to obtain a heariBg , but to no pnrposfO : ¦" - ' :.:, ' . ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ : '¦ : ¦ ¦¦¦ ' ' ' "¦¦¦ - - - ' :,-: V / : Mr . Vouseley then advanced , and ; silence : haying been , in some measure , restored , said that the proposition of adjournment would be a very goed one If they had any place to adjourn to . ( Cries of v To the Leather Market * As this was ^ market-day it would be imppsslbie to adjeuro theae . ( Increased confnslnn ^
Mr . WESTON again came forward , and Bald that the Ministers , in introducing info her Majesty' speech , a paragraph , recommending the revision of the Corn Laws , did but offer an insult to the dignity of her Majesty , who no doubt firmly believed the Ministers had rtsally intended to legislate for the advantage of the people on the subjebt . ( Cheers , and lond cries of "Adjournj adjourn . " ) : Mr . Weston then attempted to read the petition , but the tumult and confusion were so muoh increased it was Impossible to hear a syllable . The persons Who occupied the bedy of the Hall called on the Chairman , from all directions , to adjourn , and several voices called on Alderman Humphrey to give the meeting the nse of a room in his premises to adjourn to ; This suggestion seemed temeet with general approbation , and elicited loud cheers , mingled with cries of "Adjourn , adjourn . " ; :
Mr . Cooper then presented himself to themeeting ; and , silence having been partially restored , he stated that Alderman Humphrey had at once consented t « accommodate the meeting " with the use of part of-his premises , in Montague-close . ( This announcement was received with lead and reiterated cheers . ) Mr . Alderman Humphebt then advanced to the front of the platform and was warmly greeted ; he said he would with great pleasure give the meeting a room in his premifles if they wished to adjourn there—( loud cheers)—and if they signified their wishes to do so , he would in five minutes have a platform or stage pre > pared fox their acoommodatlon . ( Vehement cheering . V : Mr . Matnaed again addressed the ineetipg , and urged the propriety of their retiring peaceably and quietly . They should meet in hundred * and in thousands , and show their enemies that they had but one common object in view , and that was that they were determined to be free . ( Cheers . )
The question of adjournment was then pnt and carried by acclamation , and the meeting adjourned to Montague-close . ¦ ¦' .
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THE ADJOURNED MEETING . _ :- - The adjourned ' .. meeting was held " .-. in a room of one of Mr . Alderman Humpherey's warehouses , to which the High Bailiff and the other gentlemen , proceeded in s body , they were joined here by several hundreds , who could have found no place in the Town Hall . Bdt the room , though spacious , afforded in other respects but very imperfect awemmodation , either to the press or t » the public ; and we regret to state that oar report of the proceedings mast therefore , be very imperfect ; Mr . William Hawes begged to second the adop .
t i 0 n of thfl petition to Parliament which had beeo moved by Mr . Weston , against the proposed measure of Sir Robert Peel , which the petition denounced as fasuffioient and utterly valueless . The Hen . Gentleman proceeded to say that Sir Robert Peel Wmself acknowledged that the measure would afford no adequate relief for the distress at present existing in the country . It would satisfy no' class—neither the landlords on the one hand , nor the people on the other ; and the Ministay who proposed so heartless and unavailing a measure , should he driven by an indignant people froai the office which they filled bo unworthily / ( Cheers . )
Mr . Bainslby , a Chartist , then addressed the meet * ing , condemning the Corn laws , but contending that it would be impossible to obtain a repeal of them , till the working classes were possessed of the franchise . He pointed out that the assistance of the working classes -was necessary to enable them to carry their measures , and contended that the middle class , was not friendly to the labouring part of-the population . —( Cries of " Question , " •* Go on , " and great confusion . ) Mr , Rainsley fartbet addresse d themeeting to the same effect , bnt so great was { be confusion that his observations were unheard except by those on the platform . He concluded by proposln ? an addition to the petition , asserting the adoption of the Peaple * s Charter . ;
Mr . Parker , ^ a Chartist , said that Mr . Rainsley had prepared an addition to the petition , similar to the one moved on the last occasion . It then received 6 , 600 signatures from the borough of Soutbwark alone . They were now called on to petition the House of Commons not to pass Peel ' s Bill oh the . Corn Laws—that House which had treated them with so much contempt and contumely . It wot useless to petition them , or to have anything to do with so bad a tot ( Cries of "QueBtion . " ) They would not destroy class legislation till the Charter was the law . of the land . The working man had as great astake in the country , and as great a right to the franchise , as any aristocrat , or landed proprietor or millocrat . ( Cries of " Shut up , " and " QueHtion . " ) TJnder the present system there was no hope . The people must have the power of making their ovm laws . There would be no use in ^ attempting to bolstei up the falling Whigs ; who had had power during the
last ten years to repeal the Corn Laws if they had honesty enough . . ( Griea of "HeaXj hear , " and interruption . ) If the auti-Com Law party , then , wew honest , they would join the . working millions of the country , and persevere until they bad procured a democratic House Of Commons , in which would be soon done away with those laws that pressed upon the food and industry of the people . Let net the Tories gull you as the Whigs did—icheers and uproari ) Let ; the present meeting do-its duty , and give a tone to all the future meetitiga of the country . Let the middle classes unite with the working classes , and they would Boon have the elective franchise extended in favour of both , for . the force of ' public , opinion . would be inesiBtible—( cheers . ) Then they would have a House in which the people would be fairly represented , and the operatives would have , a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work —( cheers . ) With these words he supported the motion —( cheers . ) -- ' ¦ ¦ : ' ' - ' r .:-- - ¦ ' ¦'' ¦ ¦ ' '¦ ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ' y- ] : . r : - ' ¦¦'¦' ' ¦ ¦
Mr . Blackmore warned the operatives against the middle classes , who called for their assistance now because they wanted them to help in repealing the Corn Laws for their own benefit Would the ¦< working men now abandon the people ' s petition and the Charter ? ( Cheers from th , e Chartists . ) If they did , they would give the public and file press . just reason to insult them . ( Hear , hear . ) Let the working men remember that they never would get their rights either as regarded food , or anything else , until they had a share in returning the Parliament , and a voice in making the laws . The antj * Corn Live party said to them , " If you will help us to repeal the Corn Laws , we will help you to get the Suffrage . " But the operatives should answer , " i > o you help us to get the 8 uffrage first . " - —( Cheers . ) It was no use to repeal the Corn Laws , unless the people were allowed to exercise the power of a constituency . — ( Uproar ;) [¦' . ' .. I : ' ' ; V-. C '; . ; ' '" . * ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ " ' -
Mr . HEAB , NE « aid that the meeting was called for a specific purpose—to present a petition against the Com Laws . ( Loud cheers . ) It had been said that the Chartist petition was signed by 5 , 600 ; but the petition they Were mat to ; aftoptwas rigaed . by nearly three times that number . ( Cheers , and interruption . ) They should act like sensible men . ( Hear , hear , and confUSlOTl . ) ^ ' ¦¦¦ : ' ¦"¦" . ' ;¦• '" . / ' ¦' ,- ¦ ¦'¦ ' ¦ ' - ¦ " ' '¦ V ' Mr . FEA-RSts O'Connor ; then presented himself amidst loud cheers from : the Chartists , and 'proceeded to say that be was surprised to find that When the proposer arid seconder addressed the meeting in support of the petition , there were no signs of interruption ; but when the working nien commenced to speak , they were met by cries of Question , question . ' * And yet
it was not their intention to come between the people and the Corn Laws , or to drive that measure from the House of Commons , but ; to dislodge Sit Robert Peel from his position —( cheers ) The question was , how they could best effect the repeal of those laws , and the adoption of the People ' s Charter in the shortest time—( hearj hear . )—He did not think the most effectual means to attain those ends would be to place the repeal of the Corn / Iiaws before , the Charter— - ( longcontinued cheering . ) Did not the present constituency ocml lubo rurtlurueuc a groat uiajurltjr lu fiirour of Hut Corn Laws , and could theft repeal be expected until the constituent body was enlarged —( cheers . ) Waa there ever such a disproportion in the distribution of wealth as at present : so much money in the hands of
one class , and so much poverty endured by the other ? ^( cheers . ) And ' was it not cuiious that ttie poverty should fall on the unrepresented , and all the wealth on those who were represented ?—( loud cheers . ) He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had lately fallen in with a cobbler , who . told him a story abaat the BIshpp of Exeter . ' * ¦ ' . Well , Dinielj" said the Bichop , "I am informed you are a Chartist , and , let me tell you , that you cannot be a Chartist without , being an IhfideL" * 'But , my Lord , " said Daniel , '"I ' have got ten children , and you have got none , and I want something to feed them . " < "But don * you know , " said his Lordship , '' that God does not send any mouths without at the same time giving food to fill them . " •' Tery true , my Lord , " Said Daniel , "but his good designs are thwarted by evil
men . How else , my Lord , could he have given me ill the mouths and your Lordship all that might fill them ?"—( great taughter . ) If at quarter-day , S . ir Robert Peel , and his brothers ia office , were to be refused theh- salary , it might bring them to their senses ; and they would then , perhaps , think of the comforts of the working men . People had talked of the had -agitation of Caartism . Let them show him ( Mr , O'Connor ) an instance in which the Chartists had refused patiently to listen to reason . The Whigs were originally opposed to them , but now the Whigs were opposed to themselves . Lord John Russell wished for an eight ; shillings duty , while Mr . Yillien went for a total repeal , and Sir Robert Peel came in at the end with h | s slippery pigtail —( cheers and laughter . )
They , the Chartists , knew very well the character of the Whigs . They knew very well that the present agitation was merely got up to get them back into office—( long-continued cheering . ) . For seven years had th « people petitioned the Whigs against those ; laws , and during that time the Whigs told them that the distress of the country was caused by fluctuations in commerce , attendant upon all great commercial nations But when they got on the shady side of Downing-street , they said to them , the Chartists , " Do you a similate your cause with ours , and let us get Into ofiSee again . " When no ( Mr . O'Connor ; had gone to the Conference held last week , they told him that he could not be admitted without a ticket , and thus was he prevented from going to express the principles he held , and of advancing the
great causa to which he was pledged . One of the speakers at the Conference had alluded to hfan ( Mr , O'Connor ) and said there was person going about the country in a fustala j acket , while a black one would have suited faim better . He {^ Ir . O'Connor ) had ceme to that meeting in a black coat He never attacked a man behind his hack . He called on the gentlemen of that Conference to name six . twelve , or eighteen of their number , and they ( the Chartists ) would do the same , and meet them , arid put the principles of each to the test—( lend cheers ) The Whigs had Introduced the Reform Act , and that was to do away with Toryfenj . That Act had been fully tried for ten years , and what was the consequences of it I Why , ft had put a majority of Tories
of from sixty to ninety into the House ' - —( a voice , "It was you and your , party that put them there" )—( great ciproar . ) The Tories had a property , which they considered the standard of the franchise ; and , bo long as another man ' s property entitled : the elector to vote , so long would the present slate continua ! The Charter would strike at the root of all this —( great cheering . ) It would take the suffering from the people . He had sufficient confidence in the working classes to feel that should a famine come upon the land , they would heat he decrees of Providence with patience and submission—( cheers . ) Now , there was not a single article of luxury denied to the table of the . wealthy , while every thing thatwas necessary to support life was taken from
the table of the poor man . This was not the wish of an all-dispensing Providence —( loud cheers . ) The battle was now between the two extremes—the people and the aristocracy . The Whigs ; twelve months ago , promised them , household suffrage , tad if they were since e , let them join the Chartists , and go for tha whole Charter , and thus , for the first time , let th * Whigs and Chatttats be united , let them all write in this object , and then would they be ; wotthy of the name of Englishmen , and thus would every poor man be proud to say of England , ' This Is my own , my native * 8 £ i , < loud « heers . ) After thanking the High BaUttT for -fbe pleasure , ar id the high honour conferred opori hhn , he was proud in supporting the amendment of the working man . ^ V .
_ The amendment , " That the ; National PeHtlon , or the Charter , should be adopted instead of that sab * nutted to the meeting" was then pat arid carried . A Vote ef thanks was passed to the High Baili £ ami the meeting separated at hilf-pask three o ' olodt .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1149/page/3/
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